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Foliar Fertilization of Cotton

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Physiology of Cotton

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Proper plant nutrition for optimal crop productivity in cotton requires that nutrient deficiencies be avoided. However, deficiencies often occur for a variety of reasons, most of which can be rectified by timely application of the deficient nutrient. In crop production, this usually entails a soil application, or foliar applications may be appropriate after canopy closure or when a specific nutrient is urgently required. Furthermore, foliar fertilization may lead to less concern about groundwater and surface water contamination, with nitrates in particular, and less scrutiny of the use of commercial fertilizers. This is particularly important because of current attention being focused on environmental protection. Farmers in the USA and elsewhere are using more commercial fertilizer than 20 years ago and major improvements have been made in how these fertilizers are managed. Foliar application of specific nutrients is a method used to improve the efficiency of fertilizer use and increase yields.

The increased use of foliar fertilizers in cotton production in the last decade is due in part to changes in production philosophy. The change to cotton cultivars which fruit in a shorter period of time and mature earlier (Wells and Meredith, 1984a) has placed greater emphasis on understanding plant uptake and utilization of nutrients. Current crop monitoring techniques (e.g., Danforth and O’Leary, 1998) also focus attention on plant development and make it easier to combine concomitant nutrient monitoring (McConnell et al., 1995) allowing remedial action on a more timely basis. Furthermore, cotton lends itself to foliar fertilization because of the large number of aerial applications that are already made for pest control.

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Oosterhuis, D.M., Weir, B.L. (2010). Foliar Fertilization of Cotton. In: Stewart, J.M., Oosterhuis, D.M., Heitholt, J.J., Mauney, J.R. (eds) Physiology of Cotton. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3195-2_25

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